When Cook wanted to ramp-up the Apple Watch last year, he
turned to Williams.

Williams, like Cook, is a supply chain guy. Businessweek
says he's the liaison between Cook and Foxconn, one of Apple's
largest manufacturing contractors.

But the similarities go beyond there.

Williams even looks like Cook.

Cook and Williams also both spent time at IBM. Both hold
MBAs from Duke.

Less surprising is Williams' Cook-like attitude about
Apple. He thinks Apple should be the best, not the first into
markets.

This is especially true for the Apple Watch.

“We want to make the best product in the world,” said
Williams in the Businessweek piece. “One of our competitors is on
their fourth or fifth attempt, but nobody is wearing
them.”

That's a blunt stab at Samsung, Apple's main competitor in
consumer hardware. Samsung has actually released five
smartwatches in the last year. None of them are very good. A
sixth Samsung watch is coming this fall.